PT118.S4.Q14

PrepTest 118 - Section 4 - Question 14

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Support Insufficient rain can cause crops to falter and agricultural prices to rise. ███████ ████████ ████ ██████ █ ███████ ████████ ██████ ███████ █████████ █████ ███ ██████ ████████████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ████████████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ███████ ███████████ █████ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ██████ ██ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ █████ ███ ███████

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis

The author concludes that the recent agricultural crisis must have been caused, at least in part, by weather. This is because it’s possible for a lack of rain to cause such crises.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The argument ignores possible alternative causes of the crisis. Just because a lack of rain can cause crops to falter and prices to rise doesn’t mean that’s what happened in this particular instance. Many other things could have also produced this effect.

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14.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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